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IMPROVED FOOT-SCRAPER AND UMBRELLA-STAND.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CCNCERN:

Be it known that we, CHARLES GUDEHUS and FREDERICK STAAKE, b oth of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful device, consisting of a Foot-Scraper and. Cleaner and an Umbrella-Stand combined; and we do hereby'declare that the following is 'a full and exact description of' the same, reference' being had to the annexed drawings, forming 'part hereof, and to the letters Vof reference marked thereon, in which drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective of our device.

Figure 2, a longitudinal vertical section of the same.

Figure' 3, a transverse vertical section through the umbrella-stand.

Our device is intended to be set in the vestibule or other desired parts of dwellings, etc., nnddt combines, in a. neat, novel, and compact form, several articles of household furniture.

In the drawings, a represents a 'hollow case; b, a drawer sliding into the same; c, an opening in the top of` the case; d, a. foot-scraper, which crosses the opening c and is held in place by cleats or grooved strips, as at e. fand g together form an umbrella-stand. h z' lc m are brushes set in and over anotheropening, Z, in the top of the case, and together constituting a boot and shoe-cleaner and duster. The brush L rests on cleats or ledges, as shown in iig. 2. lThe brushes z' and lc slide between cleats or grooved strips,ns at n, tig. 1. The brushm is fastened to a back, which is hinged as at o. and is fastened down, if desired, by a thumb-screw, p,

The several parts of the device, excepting, of course, the brushes, may be of cast iron. Dirt and dust. scraped or brushed frorn the feet fall down into the drawer b, which, as well as the scraper d, parts f and g of the umbrella-stand, and the brushes, are all removable at plea-sure.

Having thus described our invention, we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, as a new article of manufacture- The device consisting of case a, drawcr b, scraper d, umbrella-stand fg, and brushes h z' k m, combined and arranged substantially as shown and described.

` CHARLES GUDEHUS,

FREDERICK STAAKE.

Witnesses:

GEO. E. BUGKLEY, J. E. SHAW. 

